How to stop the “busy” work

Following his instructions, I created a list of things I don’t like doing, a list of things I don’t know how to do, and a list of things I should not be doing. For example:

Task I don’t like doing:

Video Editing

Laying out blog post content

Editing podcast

Task I don’t know how to do:

Video intros

Transcribing

Task I feel I shouldn’t be doing:

Social media sharing

Handling tier 1 support

Adjusting social media post times

Twitter, Facebook, and email first thing in the morning

Getting less than eight hours of sleep

Answering calls from numbers I don’t recognize

Stop social media sharing

Social media sharing is a necessary task, but is one that you don’t have to do. Here is what I’m doing:

I’ve created a checklist for every process I do in my business, including social media sharing. This allows anyone to duplicate and follow the steps to share my content in social media. I use Evernote to document all of my process and YouTube to upload videos for those tasks and tools that require more training.

Stop checking email, Facebook and Twitter right when you wake up

It’s a bad habit most of us have and it has to stop. We get caught up checking email, Facebook, and Twitter in the morning and later realize that we are running late.

There is no good reason to check email, Facebook, or Twitter first thing in the morning.

Instead, meditate, do yoga, go for a run, cook breakfast for the family, get your day started, do one critical task, and then check your email, Facebook and Twitter.

Stopping interruptions

There are a few things you can do to stop people from interrupting your work. One that comes to mind is answering calls from numbers you don’t recognize because is an unscheduled interruption is counterproductive.